Telegram-herald., 1887-10-03

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sakes hs 5ec4s-a p.sarS
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g. thai hetwe@a t1s aooaaay q CETlsas
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saEllly aFrl*ali SrEs s14ecga. Tie angsAs
sers sas mai a z1t ia tbs ssy. aad especial
assseof 4c1asi a. sso0rt, bat az fnat sAs fFosn
ether wofhsi. ard aot fTesl this ~orid- TIE
saFtn ma4is 10 .seIn3nsl atl11 of ~eiconie. Il
enc u tns great prinoss q tbs ~ord steps
o1s AZ a depot ebssrs rssOand, aHa TIE bAzas
play. AID Ehs nslks wave. But Ior tae arrival
II skls missionary Prince of tAs skAes net q
torch rared, aot a Erunpes oless not = plz1as
ngEtsre.i AL ths m1ssc and Tie Eolnp we're
overhead Our worid opened for hIla noch-
ing better than = bara door. The fsJah u
CAshalers sent - Eietoria oetsseaa Il
carved gold and a canopy that cost so, ,eol,
bss tbs ~orld had for tbs Friacs Of heayea
aud earth oaiy litter II straw. The crown
ls~els IN ths T0seF Of London amount "
$500, 90. bat tbis msaiber of eternal
royalty 1ad nowhere . iay bis head To
kno~ ho~ poor ne ~4s. ask the camel drivers,
asa the sbsphsrs.s, asa Mary, asa the three
wise men of tho east who afterward
came thers, young Caspar and middle aged
RA.hAsar and old Mslebolr. To know bos poor
Il al that oTisntal country, and see what
vineyard. or what house, OF what field hs
owned Not one. OF what mortgage was he
the mortgagssi OF what tenement was 10
shs hudioril OF ~has lease sAs be tho
lssssel Who ever paid him rents Not own
ing the boat on which hs sailed or the beast
GA which be rode, or the pillow on which 90
slspk. he had 50 littlo estate that In order 10
pay DIS tax he had 70 perform q miracle,
putting the amount Of the assessment IN
nshs mouth and having IL hauled ashore.
And after his death the world rushed in TO
take inventory OF ms goods, and the entire
aggregate was ths gsrmsnss be had worn,
sleeping IN them BY night and travelling IN
them by day. beaFing on them the dust Of
ths highway and the saturztion Of the sea-
Paul IN my text did NOT 90 far from hitti.-c
the mark, did ne. when he said OF the mission
ary Prince; ~FOr your sakes he became poor"
The world could have treated him better il
Il had chosen It had all the means for max
Ing hls earthly condition comfortable. Only
few years before when Pompey, the gen
eral, arrived at Brindisi he was greeted with
arches and a costly column, which celebrated
the L. .0oO, 900 people whom be had killed or
conquered, and he was allowed 10 wear his
trinmphal robes in the senate The world had
applause for imperial butchers. but buffeting
for the Prince OF Peace. Plenty Of golden
chalices for the favored 10 drink out OF, but
our Prince must pat his lips to the bucket Of
ths veil by toe roadside after he had begged
for drink Poorl Born in another mans
barn and eating at another mans table, and
cruising the lake in another mans fishing
smack. and buried in another mans mauso-
leum. -Four inspired authors wrote of his
biography, and innumersble lives Of Christ
have been published, but he composed his au-
TOPOGRAPHY In a most compressed way
/ He said. II have trodden the wine
/ press slOne.H Poor in the Estimation
OF nearly ell the prosperous classes
| They called him Sabbath breaker, wine
bibber. traitor. blasphemer, and ransacked
the dictionary Of opprobrium from i'd to lid
| to express their deteststion. can think now
OF only two well 70 do men who espoused his
causs-Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea.
| Hs friends for the most part were people
who, in that climate where ophthalmy or in
| iaunaaon OF the eyeball sweeps ever and
anon ss a scourge. had become blind, sick
people who were anxious to get well. aud
troubled people in whose family there was
some one dead or dying. II be had a purse
at all it was empty, OF we would have heard
what was done with the contents at the post
mortsm. Poori The pigeon in the dove cote,
| the rabbit in It's burrow. the silk worm ia its
cocoon. the bee in its hive, Is better provided
! for, better OF, better sheltered Ave, the
| brute creation has a homo on earth, which
/ Christ has not
| II on windy days the raven
| Gambol like dancing skin.
Not the less be loves bis haven
/ On The bosom OF the elf.
almost With eagle pinioa
Der the Alps the channels roam
Yet hs has some small dominion
4 Which no doubt be calls his bona
But the Crown Prince OF all heavenly do
minion has less than the raven, less than the
cbamois. for he was homeless. Aye, in the
history Of the universe there is no other in
stance OF such coming down. Who can count
the miles from the top Of the throne to the
bottom OF the crossi Cleopatra, giving a
banquet 70 Antony. took a pearl worth
| siOO 900 ard dissolved IL in vinegar and
swallowed il. But whsn our Prince. accord
ing 20 the evangelist. in his last hours took
toe vinegar. in il bad been dissolved ell the
pearls Of his heavenly royalty. Down until
there was no other depth for him TO touch,
! troubled until there was no other baraSs-
| r1snt n suffer, poor until there was no other
! pauperisn 10 torture. Billions Of dollars
/ spent in wars 70 destroy men, who will fur
ussh the statistics q the value Of that pre-
/ ciots blood that she'd 10 save usi "Ye
/ know toe grace Of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that. though ns was rich, yet for your sakss
he oecsune poor
Only those who study this text In two
places can fully reach is pover-.he Holy
| Land Of Asia Minor and the holy land cf
heaven How should like some day to take
drink out q Jacobs well. and take sail
on Galiise. and read the Sermon on the Mount
while standing on OIivst. and see the wilder
ness where Christ was tempted. and be some
afternoon on Calvary at about O'Clock.
the hour at which closed the crucifxion. and
sit under the sycamorrs and by the side Of
shs brooks. and think and dream and pray
about the poverty of Him who came oVr
sDuis 20 save But you and vii probably
- denied that. and 80 here, in another CONT
nent and IN another hennisp Aere. snd IN scenes
as different posyible. rs recount as vel
-s may how poor our heavenly prime BE-
cane And IN the othsr holy land above va
usy all study the riches that he left behind
~heu he started Tor earthiy expedition.
Gene. lst IA bargain 70 meet each otder &C
The door n the Fathers mansion. or On the
bank - ;he river islst where it rolls from
under the throne. or at the OUTSIDE gate
Jesus at the contrast By erchanginx that
world for this. W ~il Set it hy exchanging
THIS world Ter that There and then you wi
understand mere = the wonders of toe grace
q cur Lard Jesus Cariss wha. though be
vss rich, yet For rour sske~ oeca--e poor
les grace. frre grace, sovereign grscr.